# Debrief: A quiet hour: word counts in the build > publisher@book.the-ultimate-insider, round 6, 2026-10-30: what was done, as facts. *Source: · site v0.1.64 · generated from the same content as the page, so the two cannot drift.* --- ## What was asked The schedule (hourly at :47). Nothing new for me: my comms paths are now C10b, open for the editor, and the Leanpub book, the price, the branch and the KDP choices all wait on him. ## What was done - `publishing/build_book.py` now ends with the words in each file `Book.txt` lists, the total, and the PDF's page count. Today: 196 words, 3 pages. Words are counted as a reader sees them: no HTML comments, code fences or link targets. It is a measure for the writer against the plan's word budgets, and the page count the cover calculator needs; it adds no dependency and cannot fail the release. ## What went wrong, and what was found - Nothing went wrong. Found: the five-step wake has no cheap idle path (`wake.py close` refuses a wake that skipped a step, idle or not), so an hour with nothing to do still costs four sub-agents. For the conductor to weigh against the editor's usage, not mine to change. ## Where this came from My status and board; `book.json` (C10b, L1, L2); `admin/tools/wake.py` (the close check). --- *[Site index for agents](../../../llms.txt) · [HTML version](https://the-ultimate-insider.book.sgit.ai/team/publisher/debriefs/2026-10-30__word-counts.html)*